The film was completed and the crew was disbanded, but Lehman and Thomas were still unable to rest assured and had to immediately devote themselves to the post-production of the film.

The competition for Christmas this year is definitely fierce. From July, although there is a lot of time left for "The Monster in the Lake" in the late stage, it cannot be delayed.

In the days that followed, the soundtrack, editing and other work were carried out one by one.

Lehman stays in the editing room every day, and in addition to being very mentally exhausting, this feeling is actually not bad.

Watching the movie improve bit by bit, I have a unique and high spirited mood.

In addition to his important work, Lehman often reads newspapers and learns about various information about Hollywood.

Since early July, the box office of "Batman: Mystery of the Shadow" has begun to fall sharply, from 8,900 yuan a day to less than 5 million yuan, and the decline remains the same.

However, the total box office of the film in North America has exceeded 150 million, with a total global cumulative of 230 million. Compared with the cost of shooting and promotion, the profit prospects are very clear.

Not to mention that the performance of "Batman" and the positive reports from various media, the performance of the DC comics department has increased a lot, and many passers-by have also been attracted by the movies to become DC comic fans. Warner's management is happy in his heart - after all, before "The Mystery of the Shadow" appeared, few Bruce Wayne's character value development has ever made money like this.

This is actually the future trend of why comic-adapted movies are popular - after eating the box office, it has more profitable space than ordinary masterpieces, so even if the investment is high, once you succeed, you will make a lot of money, which is still very cost-effective.

At least, making movies is just taking risks, so why not choose one that makes more money?

On the market, other media focus is on the role of Lehman's Firefly Pictures in this project and the news that it may earn a box office share of up to 130 million yuan.

It is difficult for Hollywood to hide secrets, and I don’t know where the media gets first-hand information. Anyway, the New York Daily has settled the bill for this.

Among them, Firefly Pictures' nearly 110 million yuan filming fund for "The Mystery of the Shadow" was clearly reported. According to the agreement signed by the two parties, with the world's minimum box office of at least 370 million yuan, after deducting the distribution commission occupied by Warner, as the largest investor, Firefly Pictures can earn the least 130 million US dollars by box office, and the higher the upper limit, the higher the profit.

However, if you calculate the investment of Firefly Pictures, then the box office will only be profitable, and the money you can earn will not exceed 20 million.

Compared with Warner Pictures' investment of less than 40 million (promotion and distribution expenditure), but gained 74 million yuan plus all the peripheral benefits of copyright. It seems that Firefly Pictures is working for free?

If you have this idea, you would be wrong.

In fact, this newspaper is also mocking Warner, believing that they dare not take any small risks, but instead handed over their own money-making series to others to share, causing unnecessary losses in vain - it's like Lucasfilm has given all its ace project "Star Wars" to others for investment.

You know, with Warner's strength, he can be self-sufficient. Whether it is production or promotion, he does not need to rely on outsiders. Why don't he dare to invest in the "Batman" project?

Judging from the profit gains, Firefly Pictures has paid a lot but cannot get the big head. But this is a project that Warner can develop. Firefly's behavior is to cut Warner's own cake. No matter how much it is cut, it should be regarded as Warner's loss.

This is the argument of this newspaper.

After all, a project earns 20 million, which does not include the subsequent content income from DVD burning and distribution. With Warner's size, there are no 7 projects that can be developed in a year.

Speaking of this, Warner was a little depressed.

Are you a human being? You always don’t like to find mistakes in yourself.

The originally acceptable result seems to have become less acceptable. If the Batman series can become a gold mine like Harry Potter, wouldn’t Warner’s performance be improved?

They even held a small meeting and figured out some ways to get rid of Firefly Pictures through legal means.

Unfortunately, it doesn't work at all.

Because Lehman has taken some precautions in the investment agreement.

His trick was actually learned from the legendary film industry in his previous life.

Although Thomas Tour does not know how to make movies, the first thing he learned from his Wall Street investment philosophy is to never believe that business partners will abide by any moral integrity in the face of huge profit distribution.

Therefore, when he was working with Warner, he was playing platter investment, and he used 30 pieces of the future Warner production projects as a whole.

In this way, investment risks can be spread to multiple movies, even if many of them are losses, as long as the overall gain is positive, for Legend Pictures, this means investment stability.

Of course, Warner is actually very bad. Some sequel projects that have already sold are never allowed to intervene in Legend Pictures. For example, the "Harry Potter" series, the name of Legend Pictures can't be seen in the investment industry.

But Legend Pictures also has its own Xiaojiujiu, which is the project they invest in. Whether it is losses or profits, Warner will definitely not be able to avoid its sequel production, unless everyone stops playing it.

This is also the reason why Warner did not play the last two movies after "The Mystery of the Warriors" were successful - it was not that they didn't want to play, but that they couldn't play them through legal means, unless the "Batman" project continues to be shelved and no one will develop them.

Back to now, Firefly Pictures also plays like this.

Of course, they are not as big as Legend Pictures. Lehmann just used the Batman trilogy as a whole to make plans. The premise of being able to agree not to occupy copyright is that Warner guarantees the rationality of Firefly Pictures' investment.

Otherwise, after finally making money, he was kicked away with one kick, and Lehman was stunned and paid for the Warner Incubation Project.

Therefore, Warner had to continue to develop the sequel to "Batman" with Firefly Pictures.

This is also the reason why they were teased - although they don't know who disclosed the specific details of the contract, everyone is willing to read Warner's jokes.

On July 14, after two weeks of rough cutting, the general content of "The Monster in the Lake" was released.

The duration of the whole film is about 114 minutes, plus the opening and ending of the film, it is controlled within 120 minutes.

After all, it is a special effects movie, so you must pay attention to the length of time. Once the pace is too slow, the movie will appear to be "verbose", and the visual pleasure that can give the audience will also be affected.

In other words, special effects films should not be used to think through other plot movies, as they are not taking the same path at all.
Chapter completed!